We went from Montenegro to Dubrovnik (photo above) on the bus, stayed in a nice little apartment close to the beach in the Lapa neighborhood, which was a short bus ride from the old city of Dubrovnik. The rain finally let up our second day in Dubrovnik (we resisted buying an umbrella) and we got to walk the city walls in sunshine and without crowds. We discovered that as long as you get where you want to be before about 9:30 the hoards of bus tourists will not be there yet. The walls around the old city are 2 km long and six meters thick on parts of the land side. We visited the musuem where I was, frankly, disappointed by the dungeon. It is called the dragon dungeon, and was a real active dungeon. I turned to Rich and said, it's not very cold in here. I always thought dungeons were really cold, and damp. It's not very damp either. So, Rich said, you're saying that the dungeon is a disappointment.
Here in Croatia the monetary unit is the Kuna. The exchange rate is about 6 kuna to the dollar. Knowing my off the cuff math skills as most of you probably do, you can imagine how much fun I am having trying to calculate things into dollars. For example, we walked down to the beach from our apartment and decided to sit for a while. You can rent beach chairs and umbrellas which are controlled by the various cafes. Our two beach chairs cost 20 Kuna, which my brain registers as a lot of money. Yeah, not really.
Here's a photo for the cat people, cats in Split.
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